20 minutes on the recumbent bike, a couple of sets each on 4 weight machines (2 upper body, 2 abdominal). Gave up soda for ice water at the same time, feeling better already.

BBC NEWS | Health | Apple-shaped women’s asthma risk

Body mass index (BMI) has been widely used as a standard measure of obesity.

But some researchers argue that waist circumference may be a more useful measure because it more closely reflects levels of visceral fat deposits found around the body’s organs.

Visceral fat is metabolically different from other types of fat found in the body, and may have different – and more profound – effects on health.

Researcher Julie Von Behren said: “Visceral fat is metabolically more active – it can produce compounds that may cause inflammation. Inflammation may then be related to asthma.”

Okay, so I’ll try to make a habit of posting when I go to the health club that’s located in my work building. I went twice last week for the first time in nearly a year and seem to have successfully kicked my Sprite habit (and my candy bar habit) in favor of large amounts of ice water, and a cup or two of unsalted unbuttered popcorn. It seems logical to be really true to this during the week and give myself a little slack on the weekend, so we had pizza last night (ooh!! Big woop). As I don’t really have easy access to the health club on the weekends, I’ll try to go 3 times a week to start with.

In fact tomorrow I’ll probably go for just an aerobic workout and follow a similar plan to when I had personal trainers; weight training every other day or so.

We’re both eating healthier at home and also at work for lunch I’m often eating salads instead of the more caloric hot meals at the cafeteria. Today, for example, I passed on the pasta marinara at lunch and had a fairly big salad. Some of the hot items are pretty high in fat (and I find it difficult to pass up the super-loaded Mexican specialties). David also made it to his health club. Yay us!